Great sledding spots are a little bit like great fishing spots — no one wants to share their favorites for fear they’ll be overrun. Luckily, there are enough well-known and visible hills across the state that most folks can get their sledding fix somewhere. Here’s a list of free hills open to the public to get you started. If you are looking for more hills to conquer with your flying saucer sled, try contacting a city or town’s parks and recreation folks.
AUBURN
• Sherwood Heights Elementary School, 32 Sherwood Drive
• Pettengill Park, Pettengill Park Road, off Gamage Avenue
• Union Street Gully, Chestnut Street
BANGOR
• Davenport Park, corner of Maine and Cedar streets
• Essex Street Recreation Area (also known as Suicide Hill), Essex Street
BIDDEFORD
• Rotary Park, Main Street
BREWER
• Doyle Field, behind Brewer Auditorium, which is on Wilson Street
• Indian Trail Park, off North Main Street
CAPE ELIZABETH
• Fort Williams Park, 1000 Shore Road
CUMBERLAND
• Val Halla Golf and Recreation Center, 60 Val Halla Road
FREEPORT
• Mast Landing Elementary School, Bow Street, Freeport
GORHAM
• University of Southern Maine campus
HARPSWELL
• Harpswell Islands School, 308 Harpswell Islands Road (Route 24)
KENNEBUNK
• Old landfill (after the Kennebunk Recycling Center), Sea Road
LEWISTON
• Thorncrag Bird Sanctuary, Highland Spring Road
LISBON
• Route 196 (next to the Lisbon Community Federal Credit Union, 325 Lisbon St.)
NEW GLOUCESTER
• Pineland Farms, 15 Farm View Drive (off Route 231)
PORTLAND
• Eastern Promenade, overlooking East End Beach
• Payson Park, Ocean Avenue
• Riverside Municipal Golf Course, Riverside Street
READFIELD
• Maranacook High School, 2250 Millard Harrison Drive
SACO
• Clarks Hill, near Garside’s Ice Cream, Ferry Road
• Saco Middle School Recreation Area, Buxton Road
SOUTH BERWICK
• Powderhouse Hill, Agamenticus Road
SOUTH PORTLAND
• South Portland High softball fields, Highland Avenue
WATERVILLE
• Mayflower Hill, Colby College, Mayflower Hill Road (about 1/10 mile from the Mayflower Hill entrance to the campus)
WINDHAM
• Behind the East Fire Station, Falmouth Road
• Maine Correctional Center hill, River Road
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